The move gives the NBCUniversal streamer an original Dick Wolf drama series in addition to the Wolf library and "next-day runs" of the remaining NBC series Chicago Fire, Chicago PD, Chicago Med, Law & Order and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, which are among the platform's most viewed titles.
Law & Order: Organized Crime, which follows Special Victims Unit's Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) in his return to the NYPD to work on the Organized Crime Task Force, is an outlier, a departure from Dick Wolf's dark procedural brand and serial story. Possibly as a result, the series performed lower than the five other Wolf dramas in linear ratings on NBC, while doing well on Peacock.
This is the second series in the Law & Order franchise to move to another platform after starting on NBC. Law & Order: Criminal Intent ran for four additional seasons on USA Network after the first six on NBC.
Series that have had successful multi-season second chances as streaming Originals after respectable first linear airings include Lucifer (Fox/Netflix) and The Mindy Project (Fox/Hulu).
At NBC, the dramas Found and The Irrational have also been renewed for next season, while no decision has yet been made on the comedy series Night Court (2023) - which is expected to be renewed soon - Lopez vs. Lopez and Extended Family.
Law & Order: Organized Crime is produced by Wolf, showrunner John Shiban, Paul Cabbad, Meloni, Arthur W. Forney and Peter Jankowski.
The cast also includes Danielle Moné Truitt, Ainsley Seiger and Rick Gonzalez. Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, produces in association with Wolf Entertainment.
